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Delete Files With a Specified File Extension(Community)
Script Code
VBScript
Dim fpath
Dim fname
Dim selext:selext = ""
selext = InputBox("Please enter the file-extension:","File extension...")
If StrComp(selext,"") = 0 Then
WScript.Quit 0
End If
Const WINDOW_HANDLE = 0
Const NO_OPTIONS = 0
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.BrowseForFolder(WINDOW_HANDLE, "Select a folder:", NO_OPTIONS)
If objFolder Is Nothing Then
WScript.Quit 0
End if
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
objPath = objFolderItem.Path
fpath = objPath
ret_val = MsgBox("Delete all files with extension '" & selext & "' in " & fpath & _
" ???", vbYesNo+vbQuestion, "Query...")
If ret_val = vbNo Then
WScript.Quit 0
End if
'recurse through the available folder-list and delete all excel files in them
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim counter : counter = 0
call ShowSubfolders(FSO.GetFolder(fpath))
If CInt(counter) = 0 Then
WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "No files exist with the extension '" & selext & "' in the directory: " & fpath
Else
WScript.Echo vbCrLf & counter & " File(s) deleted."
End If
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
Set folder = FSO.GetFolder(Folder)
Set files = folder.Files
For each folderIdx In files
if InStr(folderIdx.Name, ".") <> 0 Then
fext = Right(folderIdx.Name, Len(folderIdx.Name) - InStrRev(folderIdx.Name, "."))
End If
If StrComp(fext,selext) = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Deleting : " & Folder & "\" & folderIdx.Name
FSO.DeleteFile(Folder & "\" & folderIdx.Name)
counter = counter + 1
End If
Next
For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
ShowSubFolders Subfolder
Next
End Sub
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